122 A rtificial-Fly Fish ing. 



The months of July and August are the most 

 unproductive of the season in artificial-fly fishing. 

 Towards the end of August, however, when the 

 heat begins to moderate, the fly will again do 

 some execution, and in September it is frequently 

 as effective as in the spring. With such weather 

 as would be considered favourable in May, the 

 angler will be able to make a capital basket on a 

 September day after 11 o'clock in the forenoon. 



In October trout begin to get out of condition, 

 but in Clyde the grayling are just then coming to 

 perfection at least to such perfection as their poor 

 capacity can ever hope to reach. They take the 

 artificial fly freely; so freely, indeed, that they 

 frequently fill up a large section of the creel, which 

 the angler would rather see occupied by the more 

 dainty trout. Towards the end of this month the 

 natural flies do not come on the water till late in 

 the day, and consequently, unless the weather be 

 fine and "fresh," the entire day's fishing may be 

 restricted to two hours or so after 1 o'clock. 



General Remarks. 



We have seen that the natural flies make their 

 appearance in regular rotation from March to Octo- 

 ber, and that the artificial flies which the angler 

 should use at any one time ought to be imitations 



